Art of glass manufacturing.



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a a blown in a mold having depressed portions orrs A. MYGATT, on reels, FRANCE, assrenon To HOL-OPHANE GLASS COMPANY, or

. new YORK, 1r. Y., A. comm-Arron or NEW Jansen.

Specification of Letters Patent.

E0 Drawing Original application filed November 1, 1910, Serial No. 590,140. =l)ivided and this application The present invention 1 relates to the pro-' duction of glass inclosures, such as globes,

shades and reflectors for artificial lights and also of vases and the like, having on their surface or surfaces raised and depressed portions constitutingdesigns embodying artistic blendings of difierent tints or colors. .The process furnishes method of producing by purely mechanical -means color blending efiects 'which have hitherto been approximated only by expen sive artistic hand-work.

This application is a division of applica-- tion Serial No. 590,140, filed November-1st, 1910. v The invention consists in forming the an ticle oftw'o ormore layers of glass of different colors or' ofv diflerent tints of the same color, which shall vary in thickness in such a way as to be, thinner over certain areas All, orall or part of, one or both surfaces is then subjected to a uniform disintegration process. The outer layer or layers are thus partially destroyed or eaten. away and expose in varying degrees the tint or color of the underlying layer or layers, followinggenerally the areas or lines of decreased thickness, while the designs thus produced will exhibit the desired, soft and gradual blendings of color.

vIt has long been common to form. glass articles in molds by a .blowing operation, the glass that is blown consistingof two or more layers of glass of different kinds or colors; for the purpose one kind or color of glass is firstv gathered on the end of the blowing rod, then'this is dipped into moltenglass of another kind or color, forming alayer on theglass first gathered and then, if

desired, still another layer of glass is added in a similar manner.

. I have observed that, when niolten glass of two or more layers is thus gathered and 'p those hitherto obtained by the employment such as are employed in forming a design,

the glass in being blown and in'fiowing into such depressed portions stretchessomewhat,

1 designs.

an economical filed February 12, 1913. Serial lilo. 748,021.

with the result thatthe glass, and especially Patented Sept; 28, 1915. i

.55 j the outer layer thereof, is thinner in those I portions than in others, and is thinner in the more depressed portions thanin those that are less depressed.

y My invention is based upon the foregoing obseri'atlons, and in the preferred form of my process layers of differently colored or tinted glass are blown intoa mold in whose inner surface cavities or grooves are out of greater or less depth and sharpness, forming As the glass, especially the layer lnimediately in contact with the mold, is forced into these grooves and cavities, it is unevenly stretched or thinned out, the ".de-

gree of such thinning depending upon the depth and sharpness of the grooves orcav- On being placed in an acid bath or ities. subjected to sand-blasting or any uniform disintegration process, the inner layers'will be exposed, or w ll show. through, to a greater" less extent, corresponding to the thlnness of the outer layers, thus producing the designs and. gradual color blendings.

I do not, however, confine myself to this specific method but claim generally the process which consists in constructing an article of two or more layers of differently colored glass, one or more 'of such layers varying in.

thickness at different parts of the surface,

' andthen subjectingthe. article to any uniform disintegrating process.

In the production of similar art glassw-areit has hitherto been necessaryto cover portions of the surface with. a protective coating either by mechanical means, as by the so-called decalcomania,process,or by hand-labor. 011 then "subjecting the article to sand-blasting or acid-etching, the protected portions have retainedthe original texture and color of the outer layer of glass, while the unprotected portions show the color or tint-of an inner layer. By my improved process, the glass article as it comes from the. mold is at onceplaced inthe acid bath, or exposed to sand-blasting, or any blend by soft and imperceptible gradations,

reducing artistic effects far superior to similar process, without any preliminary preparation of the surface, and the colors process is capable of nanyuseful api article with an inner white surface for reblending color or tints.

,By my process, reflectors 'for artificial lights may be formed with an'inner-layer of opal or opaline translucent glass and with outer layers. of different tints, and then the outer surface, or both. the inner and outer surfaces, may be evenly acted upon by sandw,

blasting or acid-etching, thus prodl'ic'i'ng an fleeting light rays and an outer surface having raised designs embodying the most softly Glass inclosures and glass articles can also "bepro'duced which have all the texture and color effects of ivory, metal or textile fabrics by using different layers of glass embodying the necessary combinations of'colors for producing the appearance desired. 4

Colored reflectors for artificial lighting purposes are now made consisting of an inner layer of white opal glass covered with an outer layer of colored glass; these are generally blown into a smooth mold, though sometimes into a mold having radial flutes,

. but the article is invariably a two-layer glass article having an inner white opal glass layer and an outer-colored layer of an even I color over its entlre surface. My improvedprocess, applied to such reflectors, enables accurate and eflicient reflectors to be made, the surface of which, when viewed by day light or. by artificial light, presents artistically tinted ornamental form's.

hen very delicate color efiects in glassware-are desired, I prefer'to place the colored layers on the inner part of the article, theouter layer being verythinand of opal glass. When subjected to the disintegrating process, the white outside is partially destroyed and the underlying layers appear more or less distinctly through the outer layer. The partially destroyed layers serves.

to tone the strong color contrast of the shade when viewed from the outside. This provides for those classes of 'reflectors where the outer layer would be of too marked a color even though the larger portion had been removed, as the effect of a white or neutra'lly tinted thin coating, especially when depolished, upon adeep tint renders the appearance of a reflector more artistic when not illumined by artificial light. A colored layer on the inner surface of are flector would not act as a good reflecting medium and where I wish to produce reflectors having a subdued color effect when viewed by daylight and also a white reflecting inner "surface, I provide them with an inner as wellas an outer layer of opal glass.

In applying my process to the production of whitish reflectors, I generally prefer to.

make them with an inner lining of white glass and a thin outer lining of opal glass,

. the disintegrating processis then carried sufficiently far'to affect all the layers but one. The designs appear in soft blendings of three or more colors and the article is given a richer and more artistic appearance When the transparent by daylight and by artificial light thanhas hitherto been obtained by any of the hand processes. y I

If desired, the disintegrating process may be carried further on some portion of the article than on others, so as to still further vary the effects. But my process is such that no preparation of the surface, and no.

skilled artistic labor are necessary,'as in the processes now in use.

I claim i e 1. The process of making glass inclosures which consists in forcing a plurality of-lay- 'ers of glass ofdiiferent tints or colors into a mold having-raised and depressed portions const tuting a des1gn and then sub ecting the article to a uniformly applied acid bath tocause the tints or colors of theunderlying layers of glass to be exposed through and softly blended with the partially-destroyed exterior layers.

, (:L' 2. The process of making glassinclosures which consists in forcing a-plurality of layers of, glass Of'ClilTQlEIlfi tints or colors into .a mold having raised and depressed portions constituting a design and then [removing portions of'the outer layers by a uniformly applied disintegration process.

3. The process of making ornamental glass body comprising at least two layers of different colors, the outer 'layer having thereon extensions and depressions constituting a design, and then applying adisintegration process uniformly over the entire surface of said outer layer to remove a portion of the same thus exposing in varying degree the underlying layer and producing a blending of the colors of' the said layers.

Witnesses: v

B. J. CURRANT NORMAN HERBERT SMITH.

OTIS A. MYGATT.

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